Arp-Madore 2026-424
This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures two galaxies of equal size in a collision that appears to resemble a ghostly face. This observation was made on 19 June 2019 in visible light by the telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Residing 704 million light-years from Earth, this system is catalogued as Arp-Madore 2026-424 (AM 2026-424) in the Arp-Madore “Catalogue of Southern Peculiar Galaxies and Associations”.
Credit:NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B.F. Williams, and M. Durbin (University of Washington)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1919a |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 28 October 2019, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1919 |
| Size: | 1846 x 2000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | ESO 285-19 |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Constellation: | Microscopium |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 20 29 33.32 |
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| Position (Dec): | -42° 30' 19.92" |
| Field of view: | 1.36 x 1.47 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.7° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |